Iraqi government returns 3 confiscated schools to Church

August 12, 2009

The government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki has returned to the Chaldean Catholic Church three schools that were confiscated nearly four decades ago at a time when Saddam Hussein, though not president, wielded great power within the Ba’athist government. Two of the schools are in Baghdad, and one in Kerkuk.

In an interview that appeared in the August 12 edition of L’Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, expressed gratitude to the prime minister for this “truly important step.” Noting that the three schools were open to both Christians and Muslims, he called for the return of other confiscated insitutitions.

 

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Further information:

• Il cardinale Delly ritiene l'iniziativa del Governo iracheno un importante segnale
• The Chaldean Catholic Church (CNEWA)